The Ankarana Plateau in Madagascar - Tsingy, Caves, Volcanoes and Sapphires (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100km with many galleries, some are very large and draped with different cave formations and underground rivers are inhabited with crocodiles and giant eels.This place is famous for its surface landscape formed with tsingy, natural needles formed by the weathering of limestone. The Ankarana is surrounded by native Madagascan rain forest inhabited with lemurs and it was a natural shelter for the Ankarana people whose kings were buried in caves. The cave system has been partially explored since the sixties and exploration is still in progress. The book includes several maps (geology, topography, hydrology), the survey of the caves and a brief description of the Ankarana Kingdom.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cave and Karst Systems of the World
Release date:	2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Eric Gilli
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	162
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-99878-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geological surface processes (geomorphology) > General
LSN:	3-319-99878-1
Barcode:	9783319998787

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